LAPD's 'cow-splat' art

LAPD's 'cow-splat' art

Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times

Public art costing $500,000 has been installed on the west side of the Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarters. Although the cast-bronze sculptures have been likened to six large black blobs, with two tall, skinny structures on either side, artist Peter Shelton of Los Angeles says the shapes are a rotund beast, two bison, two bears and two hippos.

Public art costing $500,000 has been installed on the west side of the Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarters. Although the cast-bronze sculptures have been likened to six large black blobs, with two tall, skinny structures on either side, artist Peter Shelton of Los Angeles says the shapes are a rotund beast, two bison, two bears and two hippos. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Public art costing $500,000 has been installed on the west side of the Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarters. Although the cast-bronze sculptures have been likened to six large black blobs, with two tall, skinny structures on either side, artist Peter Shelton of Los Angeles says the shapes are a rotund beast, two bison, two bears and two hippos.